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BY MdL/ffl fdl/bd ATToRNEYs Patented Mar. 22, 1932 UNTE STTS PATNT v MANUFAGTURE 01'? MATCHES Application filed June 6, 1929, Serial No. 368,978, and in Australia January 10, 1929.

rlChis invention relates toimproved methods and improved means for manufacturing matches from paper pulp board or the like, and has been devised to produce a more efficient match, to increase the rate of production, to simplify the mode of construction and to reduce the cost of manufacture.

In accordance with the invention matches are formed as fiat strips projecting in the same plane from a butt or stub and headed with striking material on one or on both broad faces of the strips as desired. Each strip is reinforced longitudinally and coated with parafn or the like to promote burning and is perforated near the butt to facilitate removal from the butt.

Individual machines have been used to perform one of the operations of cutting, dipping, perforating, heading, and staggering,

without regard to uniformity of rate of production, batches of treated vmaterial from each machine being stacked awaiting operation by the next machine. In my invention,

u however, to avoid delays and over-production by one or more separate machines, and to eliminate unnecessary stacking and handling between the machines I form a complete working unit in which the individual operating parts are assembled in line with each other on a common base plate, driven at the same rate preferably from one driving shaft, and receive in turn the treated material as it leaves the prior operating part so that all the operative parts function at the same time and rate and assist to feed each other in successive order. n

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of match-making means and two forms of matches Fig. 1 is a side elevation of portion of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a similar View of the remaining vportion. 1

and ribbing rollers.

Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation of a dipping well and accessories. l

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of perforating rollers. y

Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation of guide plates.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a heading block.

Fig. l is a similar View of another form of heading block.

Fig. ll represents front and sectional elevations of one form of match. Y

Fig. l2 represents front and sectional elevations of another form of match. c Fig. 13 is a front sectional elevation of portion of a staggering wheel.

Fig. 14 is ka side sectional elevation of the same. v

The front or feeding end of the apparatus is providedwith feeding rollers 20, 21, the roller being driven by means of a belt 22 and pulley 23 from any suitable power source.

Beyond the feeding rollers Aand in line therewith are mounted splitting rollers 24,y

25. The working face of each roller is formed withflat ended straight edged teeth 26 of rectangular section. the recesses between the teeth 26 being filled with rubber blocks 27 faced with metal plates 28 which are secured to the blocks by pins 29 and form portion of the periphery of a roller. The rollers are so adiusted that the teeth of one roller proi ect slightly into the recesses between the teeth of the other roller.

Shaft 30 of roller 24 is carried near each end in a bearing block 3l which is adapted to be raised or lowered in a frame 32 bv means of a threaded shaft 33 and handwheel 34. A set screw 35 serves to lock the shaft 33 in anv desired position.

Roller 24 is driven from the shaft of feeding roller 20 by means of an idler wheel 36 `which meshes with a pinion on shaft 30.

A brush 37 revolved by a belt 38 is applied to clean roller 25.

Beyond Jthe splitting rollers are mounted crowning and ribbing rollers 39, 40. The roller 39 is driven from the shaft of roller 20 in a manner similar t-o that of roller 24 by pinions and an idler wheel 4l.

M and connectingshaft 74. Y f

Y The face of roller 39 is provided with Ya circumferential row of curved recesses 42 and with a series of transverse recesses 43.

' guide plate/i8, is positioned behind rollers 39,40. The level 0f the liquid in the Wen'V ismaintained by'a floatvalve 49 of ordinary construction which controls the-supply ofl-iql uid through a pipe 50. An idler wheel 5l is slidably mounted above the Well with its low- 9 er edgeV near the guide plate 48i Y Beyond the well are mounted perforating rollers 52 and 53. Roller 53 is provided with to be rotated from the shaft ofrkroller -by bevelf wheels 55,56 and a connecting sha-12157. Roller 52 is fitted with row of. perforating pins 58 which project into the groove 54'.

A heading' device is.. mounted beyond the perforated rollers and comprises a block 59 ceiveA the matchstrip heads, adjustable plates V60 and 61 to prevent leakage of heading ma,- terial, and ak valve controlled tank 62 of heading material which is kept at the desired teni.i perature by means ofk a water jacket 63 heated. by an electric'heating element 64. A delivery passage65 inthe block communicates with the tankand 'the vertically adjustableplate 61 serves as a gauge to regulate the head. .A spring loaded plate 66 is provided toseal the slotand recessin the block.- j

To assi-st the travelvof a ribbon of paper pulp board through the operating devices ions and idler wheels in a similar manner to that set out for roller 24, are mounted in the line of travel between the perforating rollers and the heading device. Guide plates. (Fig. 8.) having an adjustable upper plate 69 projecting over the end of the ribbon are positioned wherek required to ensure the delivery of the strips ina flat condition to the various operating devices. l

yToothed wheels 70 and y71 in loosemesh withl each lother d are mounted i beyond the heading device. d Y l wheel are positionedto press alternatestrips in the same direction out of Athe plane ofthe ribbon yand this gives a staggeredeifect yto the strips. Upper wheel 70 is slidably mounted on its shaft so that the staggering eli'cct :may be eliminated. Wheel 7l is driven from roller 68 by means 'of bevel wheels 73 a circumferential groove 54 ,and ris .adapted slottedy on its lower face and recessed to reef amount of material to be left on each match feeding rollers 67, 68, driven by means of pin-4 he teeth 72 on ,the upper v kstrips out of therecesses as the teeth rotate out of mesh. The width of the ribbon is such that the cuts extend to one edge only leaving an luncut butt or stub 75 (Figs. 11,12) of any desiredlength at the other edge of the ribbon to. retain the strips as projecting tongues.

The. `ribbon. is then .drivenv between the crowningand ribbing rollers 39, llO-"vvhich forma convex boss 76 on one face ofeach strip and near its free end and form also a central longitudinal reinforcing rib 77 on each strip. y d c Y The ribbon is then passed to the liquid containing well 46 wherefthe wheel fl-immerses thestrips,l buty not the butter stub, in the liquid. On leaving the well the strips arerecei'ved bythe-perforati-ng rollers 52, 53 which perforate each strip near the butt to facilitate removal'. The perforated strips are then delivered tothe heading device where each strip head receives a limited` coating of heading` material.

The sheet ribbon, is then moved onto bring the vstrips into, the staggering device which bends alternate strips in the same direction out of the plane of the ribbon.

Should it be desired to manufacture matches which are undipped, non-perforated.l or non-staggered, wheel 5l is loosened and slid along its shaft out vof contact with the strips and thewell is covered. The shaft of perforating roller 52 may also be raised to prevent cofaction with roller 53, andthe upper wheel of the staggering device is loosened a-nddrawn along its shaft out yof contact withthe lower wheel. The bosses 44 on roller k40k may also be removed so that only 'the rib 77 is formed yand the crown 76 is not formed on each strip as it passes through the rollers 39, 40. In this case block 59 (Fig. 9) of the heading device is replaced by another block Fig. 10) in which the delivery passage 65 supplies heading material to both of the broad faces of the free end of each Y strip.` p

I claim f f 1k. A method of making matches from paper pulp board in which a ribbon of the board is fed between splitting rollers which shear the ribbon into match strips projecting from a stub on the ribbon, the split ribbon is passed between crowning and ribbing rollers which form a crown near the end of each strip and a longitudinal reinforcing rib on reach strip, and then to a heading device 'which forms a striking head near the free end of each strip.

2. A method of making matches from paper pulp board in which a ribbon of the board is fed between splitting rollers which shear the ribbon into match strips projecting from a stub on the ribbon, the split ribbon is passed between crowning and ribbing rollers which form a crown near the free end of each strip and a longitudinal re-inforcing rib on each strip, then to a dipping well in which each strip is coated with liquid, through perforating rollers which perforate each strip near the stub, to a heading device which forms a striking head on and about the crown on one face of each strip, and to a staggering device which bends alternate match strips in the same direction out of the plane of the ribbon.

3. A machine for making matches from paper pulp board having splitting rollers provided with intermeshing straight edged teeth of rectangular section, rubber blocks in the recesses between the teeth of each roller and having a metal plate Secured to the outer face of each block, a crowning and ribbing roller having bosses and ribs projecting from its periphery and a co-act-ing roller having peripheral recesses positioned to register with the bosses and ribs of the crowning and ribbing roller.

a. A machine for making matches from paper pulp board having splitting rollers provid-ed with intermeshing straight edged teeth of rectangular section, rubber blocks in the recesses between the teeth of each roller and having a metal plate secured to the outer face of each block, co-acting crowning and ribbing rollers having peripheral bosses and ribs on one roller peripheral re esses on the other roller positioned to register with the bosses and ribs of the iirst roller, a liquid containing well and a wheel adapted to immerse in the liquid the strips received from the ribbing rollers.

5. A machine for making matches from paper pulp board having splitting rollers provided with internieshing straight edged teeth of rectangular section, rubber blocks in the recesses between the teeth of each roller having a metal plate secured to the outer face of each block, co-acting crowning and ribbing rollers having peripheral bosses and ribs on one roller and corresponding peripheral recesses on the other roller, and a match heading block provided with a delivery passage for heading material and with a strip head receiving recess adapted to limit the quantity of heading material on each strip head.

6. A machine for making matches from paer pulp board having splitting rollers provided with intermeshing flat ended straight edged teeth of rectangular section, rubber blocks each faced with a metal plate in the recesses between the teeth of each roller, coacting crowning and ribbing rollers having registering projections and recesses on their peripheries, perforating rollers having a circumferential row of pins on the periphery of one roller and a corresponding circumferential groove on the other roller, and a match heading block with a delivery passage for heading material and with a strip head receiving recess adapted to limit the quantity of heading material on each strip head.

7. A machine for making matches from paper pulp board having splitting rollers provided with intermeshing straight edged teeth of rectangular' section, rubber blocks each faced with a metal plate in the recesses between the teeth of each roller, co-acting crowning and ribbing rollers having'registering projections and recesses on vtheir peripheries, a liquid containing well, a wheel adapted to immerse in the liquid strips received from the ribbing roller, co-acting perforating rollers having a circumferential row of pins on the periphery of one roller and a registering circumferential groove on the other roller, and a match headi g block having a delivery pas `ng material v ge for hea l and a strip head receiving recess adapted to limit the deposit of heading material on each strip head.

8. A machine for makingmatches from paper pulpboard having splitting rollers provided with intermeshing straight edged teeth of rectangular section and with rubber blocks in the recesses between the teeth of each roller and a metal plate secured to the face of each block, co-acting crowning and ribbing rollers having registering projections and recesses on their peripherie/s. a match heading block provided with a delivery passage for heading material and with a strip head receiving recess adapted to limit the kquantity of heading material on each strip head, and co-acting staggering wheels adapted to bend alternate match strips received from the heading device.

9. A machine for making matches from paper pulp board having splitting rollers provided with intermeshing straight edged teeth of rectangular section and with metal faced rubber blocks in the recesses between the teeth in each roller. co-acting crowning and ribbing rollers provided with registering projections and recesses on their peripheries. a dipping well. fro-acting perferating rollers having projecting pins on the periphery of one roller and a circumferential groove on the periphery of the other roller, a heading block provided with a delivery passage for heading material and with a strip head receiving' recess to limit the quantity of heading material on each strip head, co-acting staggering wheels to bend alternate strips, and feeding rollers and guide plates for the board positioned between kthe .operative vparts of .the machine. Y

10. A method of making matches Vfrom pa- M per pnlp y'board consisting of splitting a fribbon of lthe board between Itoothed rollers, re-

' siliently supporting the Aribbon 'between the teethof each roller, and-shearing the ribbonV into flat strips projecting in the plane ofthe ribbon transversely to `the length of the ribbon .from a stub.v

11. Aimethod of making matches from paper pulp boardY consisting of splitting a ribbon of the vboard between toothed rollers,

f resilientljY supporting the ribbon between the te-eth of each roller, shearing the ribbon into Het strips projecting in the plane of the ribbon 4transversely to the length of the ribbon fromn stub, andrei-ming ay crown embossing .Y near the free end of each strip.

12. A method of making matches from paper pulp board consisting of splitting a ribbon ofthe board between toothed rollers, resiliently supporting the ribbon between the l j tcethof each roller, shearing the ribbon into k flat strips projecting in the plane of the ribbon transversely'to the length of the ribbon from a stub, torlnin g t crown embossing near the free end of each strip, and depositing u, striking'material on said embossing.

13. A method of making match-es from paper pulp board consisting of splitting a ribbon of .the board between toothed rollers, resiliently supporting the ribbon between ,c the teeth of each roller, shearing the ribbon into flat strips projecting in the plane of the ribbon transversely to the length ofthe ribbon from a stub, forming a. crown embossing neer the free end of each strip, depositing striking materiel on said embossing, and

forcing alternate match strips out of the plane ofthe ribbon. i i

Intestimony whereof I have aflixed my'signature. 4.5. JOHN GLEN NEWMAN. I 

